Create a global specification

A global specification group organizes specifications that have a pre-defined template style. When a specification is assigned to an operation’s specification version, it is given the specific values relevant to that item, operation, or entity combination. These specifications are assigned to specification groups that are valuable when the specifications are used for a Process or in the Operation Capability Object (OCO).

When a specification is assigned to an Operation’s Specification Version, it is given the values relevant to that Item, Operation, Entity, or Bill of Material (BOM) combination. For more information, see Add specification versions to a standard operation.

You must have the privileges to configure a specification.

Create a global specification

1. Open or go to the Global Specifications workspace tab.

2. Do one of the following:

   • Press the Ctrl+N keys.

   • Right-click in the tab and on the context menu click New.

   • On the ribbon, go to the Home tab and on the New menu click New Global Specification.

   A new global specification is added.

3. In the new global specification's Properties window, complete the following settings:

   Group

   The group name for the global specification.

   Spec

   The name of the global specification. The specification name identifies the specification in all MES records, so a specification must be unique and is not editable after the specification is saved.

   Description

   The description of the global specification.

   Data Type

   The data type for the global specification that indicates the data type of the selected specifications’ values.

   String: User-definable text string.

   Floating point: User-definable decimal value.

   Units

   The units to be used for the global specification.

   Display Sequence

   Indicates the position in which the selected spec appears within the global spec group in the specification tree.

   Spec spare 1–4

   User-defined information for the global specification.

4. Save the changes.

You can modify the properties of an existing global specification in the Properties window.